Storm-top for buggies.



Gr. H. HARPER.

STORM TOP FOR BUGGIES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, 1911.

Patented June 9, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

G. H.'HARPEE. I

STORM TOP FOR BUGGIES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, 1911.

1,099,798. Patented June 9, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEBT 2.

To all ,wli'owt it'mag concern opening 0 sT Tns PATENT onnrcn.

enoaen H. HARPER, orcoLtiM IA my, INDIANA.

I Be itknownithatfiI,GnoRon Hz HARPER, a citizen -'of"*the United-States, residing at Columbia-City; in the county of Whitley and Stateof-"I'ndiana', have invented certain new and useful I-mprevements i-n-Storm-Tops for Buggiesy andf I do declare the followlng to bea full,clear; and-exact description of the invention, :such as-"will enableothers skilled in the arttowhich it appertains-to make and use -thesame." y

This inventionfrelates to carriages and wagons,- and -more" especiallyto the tops thereof; and the object of the same is to pro duce animproved storm'top or body which can beattached toor which may form partof a buggy body, the same having a door osed by a sliding door whichitself can be instantly removed 'atwill. These objects are accomplishedby certain specific features of im 'rovement as set forth in thefollowing spec1fic'ationand claim and shown in the drawings wherein-Figure 1, is a side elevation of this i1nproved storm top; Fig 2 is asection on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on theline 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. bis a front elevation; Figs. 5 and 6 areenlarged by vertical sections through the door and the i so top bow, andan elevation of the'interm-ediate standard or upright.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates the body or box which isc'onstructed-muc as usual excepting that its sides 2 are slightly curvedoutward along their upper edges so that the bodyis wider at itscenterthan it is at its front or rear; and the numeral 3 designates the seatfixedly or removably mounted upon said body at about the center of itslength.

My improved storm top, which may either fixedly or removably attached tothe seat, comprises two principal parts whereof only the doors andwindows need be movable and. the remaining portions are immovable withrespect to the seat and the body.

windows inserted if desired, and the specific details of thissuperstructure are unimportant save that there will be door-openings ateach side of the storm top just forward Specification of'Letters'Patent.

' Applicationifiled July 27, 1911.

swam-sop non streams.

Serial No. 640,777.

eled as at 11 to conform to the paneling of the side 10, so that whenthe door is moved back opposite the side the glass panes will registerand the occupant can look out; but the lower portion-12 of the door isby preference solid, and inclined inward to conform wlth thelnclinationv of the seat-end, than which it is by preference aflittlehigher or Wider so that its -lower edge when it is in place will engagea track or guide 13 mounts ed beneath the door operiingon the outside ofthe body 1 below the extreme upper edge of the latter, and Waterrunning. down the outside of the door will therefore be shed away fromand out of the box. This guide JSlJl'GfQI'ElblV L-shaped as seen insection in Fig. 2, and open at its rear end for a purpose to appearbelow.

At the angle between the upper and lower portions 11 and 12- of thedoor, the latter carries along its inner surface a track 14;

and the uphaving an upturned flange 15; right'fijust in rear of the dooropenlng carries a bracket 16 havinga downturned lip 1''? which engagesbehind said flange. Along the top of the door is. secured the uppertrack 18 having at itsinner edge a downturned flange 19, and the sameupright has a bracket 20 engaging beneath said track and under itsflange ina manner well illustrated. In order to effect this engagementat the upper and lower portions of the door,

the upright will be notched out as shown at 21 and 22. so that theflanged edges oft-he tracks can project into the notches. -Both tracks14 and 18 are open at theirifront ends for a purpose to appearbelow.

The lower ends ofthebows' 30 which support the top 8 will be carriedover and serunning down oil the top.

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been described as only on the intermediate upright 6 they might beduplicated on the front upright 5 if thought'desirable. While theirprincipal function is to hold the door upright as it slides along theguide 13 it is possible that the latter might be omitted and the weightof the door carried by its upper track 18. If the door is not desiredfor use it can be moved off the open rear end of the guide 13 and theopen ,front ends of its own tracks". will disengage the brackets on theupright, but ordinarily it will be moved to the rear only far enough todisclose the door opening as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 3 so as topermit ingress to and egress from the body. The curved shape of thebody.

and doors is much more pleasing to the eye than an ordinary rectangularor box-shaped body, is more cheaply constructed and much lighterpandpermits the front to be made aboutnine inches less in widthso that thewind resistanceis reduced. 1

The materials and specific structure of parts are notessential to thisinvention, and

I have purposely avoided amplification of collateral details such as thecurtains and windows,

What is claimed as new is: A storm top for buggy bodies includinguprights rising from the wall of the body in spaced relation to providea door opening, the upper edge of the body at the uncture of one of saiduprights therewith beingv formed with a channel and with a recessopening into said channel,an L-shaped guide secured to the uprightwithin the channel of the body edge, the angle portion of said guidedepending; within the recess of the body edge, said upright being formedremote from the body with a recess, a bracket plate secured to theupright and particularly closing the mouth of the recess in said portionof the'upright, a door, an L-shaped bracket secured to the'upper edge ofthe door and having its angle portion turned downwardly and engaging thebracket plate and operating within the recess in the upper portion ofthe upright, and a bracket carried by the door and cooperating. frombeneath with the L- haped guide securedto the upright at its juncturewith the body edge.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

v GEORGE'H. HARPER. Witnesses. I

LLoYoT. BAILnY, R. FRANK RABER.

